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Social Organization in an Enclosed Group of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L.) on Rhum. I. The Dominance Hierarchy of Females and their Offspring
Author(s) -
HALL MARION J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1983.tb01341.x
Subject(s) - cervus elaphus , dominance hierarchy , dominance (genetics) , hierarchy , offspring , social hierarchy , geography , biology , ecology , zoology , aggression , psychology , social psychology , political science , pregnancy , biochemistry , genetics , gene , law
Studies of the dominance hierarchy in red deer have mainly concentrated on the hierarchy among stags. This study aimed to investigate in detail the dominance hierarchy of a group of hinds and their offspring and to compare it between two feeding situations, one when the deer were browsing normally in a large area, and the other when they were competing for artificially provided food in a small area.